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Below are examples of '''] in ]'''. |
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==Film== |
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* In the film '']'', ] plays the captain of a ship that travels between ] and ]. |
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* The film '']'' was filmed on location in Gibraltar in 1958. It is a dramatisation of the period during the Second World War when ] served as a mine and disposal officer in Gibraltar while frogmen of the ]'s Tenth Light Flotilla were sinking vital shipping. |
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* The 1982 film '']'' is partly set in Gibraltar. |
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* The opening scene of the film '']'' (from the ] film series) takes place in Gibraltar. |
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* In the German-language film '']'', a German U-boat struggles in its attempt to get past the British navy in Gibraltar to relocate to a base in the Mediterranean sea. |
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* In the 1981 animated feature film '']'', in the section entitled Den, the character of Katherine Wells states that she is a native of Gibraltar. |
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* The popular ] 1990s TV show '']'', has an episode set in Gibraltar and features a ride in the cable car. |
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* In the 2011 movie '']'' a shot of '']'' appears during the Travel by Map scene. |
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* In the animated shorts of '']'' the Rock of Gibraltar appears in both Popeye's throat and biceps after eating spinach. |
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==Literature== |
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* ]'s novel '']'' has several chapters set in Gibraltar. |
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* ]'s novel '']'' (1965), chronicling the troubled love-life of the British soldier Richard Ennis, is set in Gibraltar. |
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* The satirical novel '']'' by ] (1887) describes an almost successful attack of the monkeys on the fortress. |
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* "The Day of an American Journalist in 2889", an 1889 Jules Verne short story, also mentions Gibraltar as the last territory of a ], with even ] having been annexed by the United States.<ref></ref> |
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* ] describes a stop at Gibraltar and comments on it in "]", an account of his pilgrimage to the holy land. |
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* ''Raffles' Crime in Gibraltar'' by ], a ] story set in Gibraltar in 1937 (] title: ''They Hang Them in Gibraltar''). |
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* ''Scruffy'' by ] is set on Gibraltar during World War II. It follows the steady decline in the size of the ] and the possible fulfilment of the superstition that Gibraltar will fall if it disappears. |
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* As ] is a native Gibraltarian, references to Gibraltar appear throughout ]'s '']'' (1922). A sculpture of Molly Bloom as imagined by local artist ] is on display in the ]. |
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* ]'s novel '']'' mentions the ']', a novel infrastructure connecting Europe and Africa. |
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* ]' book ''The Rock'' is a collection of short stories set in Gibraltar: ranging from a story set in prehistoric times to one suggesting a possible future for the Rock. |
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* In ]'s book ''],'' the heroine goes on a cruise to Europe and makes a stop at Gibraltar, where she learns about its history and legends, and goes shopping. |
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* Raymond Benson's James Bond novel '']'' deals with a fictional plot to forcibly return Gibraltar to Spain. The climax takes place in Gibraltar. |
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* ]'s '']'' tells the story of an impossible love story between a Spanish diplomat and a Gibraltarian woman of Jewish descent, Luna Benamor. |
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* In James Barrington's novel ''Overkill'', a Russian ship containing a nuclear device is left in the Port of Gibraltar by a Russian politician as a 'demonstration'. The device is dismantled by SAS forces. |
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* In ]'s novel, ''Scorpio Rising'', an identical copy of Alex Rider, the protagonist, is being held in a secret prison on Gibraltar. |
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* In Matthew Reilly's Jack West JR novel, The Three Secret Cities, the Altar of the Cosmos is located deep within the Rock of Gibraltar which is accessed via a military dock and roughly dug out tunnel, on the Rock's steep, vertical Eastern side |
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==Music== |
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* In 1782 ] composed a ] for voice and piano to celebrate the ] titled '']''. |
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* The ]' song "]" identifies Gibraltar as the place where ] and ] were married. |
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* "In time ] may tumble" is found in the lyrics of the song, ], written by George and Ira Gershwin in 1938 for the movie '']''. |
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* Amos Lee sings "I'm like the rock of Gibraltar" in his song "Sweet Pea". |
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*] sings "Why don't you tell me about the sunsets in Sweden and the laws of Eden / And how you were the rock of Gibraltar" in the song "Zero Percent" from his 2001 album "Live & Acoustic". |
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*English rapper ] references Gibraltar in his song "Something in the Water". |
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*]'s song titled "The Rhythm of Life" contains the lyrics "Fragile as ships as we pass through Gibraltar / The sirens have all given way". |
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*]'s song "Miles to go (before I sleep)" contains the lyric "I would carry the rock of Gibraltar just for you". |
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*The song 'On the Run from Mi5' by ] contains the lyric "And I'll say if you catch me that I really wish that I had stayed (in Gibraltar)". |
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*the Swedish indie rock band ] has a song named ] |
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*]'s song "I Believe in the Man in the Sky" includes the lyrics, "My footsteps may falter / My eyes may grow dim / But He's my Gibralter / I'm trusting in Him." |
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==Video Games== |
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*In the 2016 video game ], there is a map called 'Watchpoint: Gibraltar', which was one of the group's headquarters. |
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In the 2017 video game , there is a map called Gibraltar. |
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==References== |
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